Chemical contaminants in breast milk: Time trends and regional variability

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2002, Pages

  Solomon, Gina M ^a   Weiss, Pilar M ^b  

^a NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast milk; Breast feeding; Chemical contaminants; Dioxins; Pesticides; Pollutants; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; DIPHENYL ETHER; METAL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC SOLVENT; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BREAST MILK; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISTORY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME;

EID: 0036082912     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.021100339     Document Type: Article

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